Korean Hill Song
Korean Folksong arranged by Mark Williams
General Info
Year: 2000
Duration: c. 2:25
Difficulty: I-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Korean folk song
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $48.00; (digital) - $49.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F
Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Temple Blocks
- Triangle
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This folk melody will be familiar to many directors -- it was used by John Barnes Chance in his Variations on a Korean Folk Song. The song is named Arirang, and it's a lovely tune in a legato setting as arranged by Mark Williams. A lot of different percussion instruments are used to create the oriental effects, although the texture is always light and delicate.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
- Indiana: ISSMA JH/MS/ELEM BAND GROUP III
- Louisiana: I
- North Carolina: II
- South Carolina: II
- Texas: I. Complete
- Virginia: III
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- District 3 Middle School Honor Band (Saint Helens, Ore.) – 2020
- International School Yangon (Myanmar) 8th Grade Band (Marina Antoline, conductor) – 2019
Works for Winds by This Composer
- 1812 Overture (as arranger) (1880/1997)
- Ave Verum Corpus (as arranger) (1791/2006)
- Battle Hymn of the Republic (as arranger, with Althouse) (1861/1997)
- Barber of Seville, The (as arranger)
- Beethoven's Fifth Christmas
- Capriccio Espagnol (as arranger) (1887/1993)
- Cardiff Castle (2000)
- Cascade Festival Overture (1994)
- Cedar Canyon Roundup (2002)
- Celebration Fanfare (1998)
- Colonel Bogey (as arranger) (1914/2001)
- Elizabethan Dance (2008)
- Fantasy on "Yankee Doodle" (1995)
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 (as arranger) (1862-76/2008)
- Finale from Symphony No. 2 (as arranger) (1872/1880/2002)
- Friday Harbor (2001)
- Grant County Celebration (1991)
- Greenwillow Portrait (1988)
- Hawkeye Festival Overture (2006)
- Highbridge Excursions (1995)
- Highland Park Overture (1991)
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (as arranger) (1853/2001)
- Korean Hill Song (2000)
- Largo from "New World Symphony" (as arranger) (1893/2007)
- The Last Rose of Summer (as arranger) (1813/2006)
- Mallet Maniacs (2003)
- March to the Big Top (1995)
- Nessun Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2000)
- Night in the Tropics (as arranger) (1859/2001)
- Night on Bald Mountain (as arranger) (1867/1991)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (as arranger) (2007)
- Plaza de Toros (1997)
- Plaza Park Escapades (1994)
- Primordium (1999)
- Riverside Rag (1988)
- Russian Sailors' Dance (as arranger) (1927/1998)
- Santa at the Symphony (as arranger) (1990)
- Santa Meets Sousa (1992)
- Scenes of Wonder (1994)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1998)
- Southgate Fantasy (1995)
- Tunbridge Meadows (1992)
- Twenty Carols in 2 Minutes (as arranger) (1998)
- Two Classic Miniatures (as arranger) (1991)
- Variants on a Nautical Hymn (1993)
- A Winter's Carol (as arranger) (1996)
- Zuni Legend (1993)
Resources
- "Mark Williams." Alfred Music. Web. Accessed 10 September 2021